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217: Pt 2: Chris Howell & Rikk Rambo – Undercover Cops in St. Croix: It's not Paradise

Game of Crimes

Game of Crimes

True Crime

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

From the early days of the police academy to life-or-death moments on the streets, Chris and Rikk share raw and unfiltered stories of courage, sacrifice, and betrayal. You’ll hear firsthand accounts of undercover operations gone wrong, shocking encounters with corrupt officers, and the devastating impact of the drug trade on the community. These are the untold stories that expose the brutal realities of police work and the human cost of fighting crime.

The conversation dives deep into operational security, the complexities of infiltrating violent criminal networks, and the aftermath of split-second decisions—including shootouts that forever changed lives. It’s an emotional, powerful journey through the front lines of justice, corruption, and survival.

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Hi there. My name is Annie Elise, aka your True Crime BFF and host of the podcast Serialously.

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I have been a true crime enthusiast forever, but I wished somebody would break down the cases

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for me like a friend, giving all the details and discussing every twist in turn. So I decided to create a

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podcast that does just that. Serialously with Annie Elise is topping the charts with over one million

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weekly downloads. I do the deep dives in topping the charts with over one million weekly downloads.

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I do the deep dives in these cases, so you don't have to. Diving into all the raw details,

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saying what we're all thinking, and in a conversational way, just like having a conversation with

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your best friend. So join me and let's talk all things true crime. Serialously with Annie

0:34.2

Elise, new episodes drop every Monday and Thursday wherever you get your podcasts.

0:38.5

And that was the first wiretap in Virgin Islands history. We executed those search warrants

0:42.7

and I got $550,000 in cash. There was a Rolex watch that was appraised at $122,000. There was a yacht

0:52.5

in Miami that we went and seized seized it linked us to a shipping company

0:57.3

that had a 250 foot freighter that it was found off the coast of cuba with and it had 6,000 kilos

1:04.6

of cocaine on it so that uh that those cases were kind of kickoff for the task force.

1:11.5

That kind of our name out there.

1:12.8

And, you know, when we started, there were guys driving around in brand-new BMWs that

1:17.1

had licensed place that said paid for by Coke on the license plate.

1:20.5

There was absolutely no fear of law enforcement.

1:23.4

They had been running with impunity for years.

1:25.4

There was no concern.

1:26.7

And then the task force shows up one day.

1:30.1

And there was a couple of greater type shipments.

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